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Data centers in Union County, North Carolina

No data center in Union County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Historic Charlotte building site data center, about 24 miles away, reported. The nearest running data centers are Digital Realty Charlotte, H5 Charlotte and TierPoint Charlotte, placed together at the center of Charlotte, about 23 miles away.

No county rule about data centers is on the record for Union County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers (Waxhaw), reported August 12, 2026.

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The closest data centers to Union County

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in North Carolina and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Reported In court

    Site not located

    Historic Charlotte building site data center

    Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

    Latest, reported September 7, 2026: The Court Arcade was demolished this past week to make way for a three story 29,000 square foot data center

    About 24 miles from the center of Union County to Charlotte, the seat of Mecklenburg County.

    wbtv.com local outlet
  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    Site not located

    Digital Realty Charlotte

    Charlotte, Mecklenburg County · Digital Realty

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    About 23 miles from the center of Union County to the center of Charlotte.

    Also placed at the center of Charlotte: H5 Charlotte and TierPoint Charlotte.

What Union County has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Waxhawcitynot ratedTown of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers. wbtv.com local outlet Reported Aug 121 act on this row
Every act on the Waxhaw row
  1. moratorium adopted

    Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers

    wbtv.com local outlet

Last verified August 12, 2026.

12026-08-12

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.

The rules across North Carolina

What happened

  1. Moratorium adoptedWaxhaw

    Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers

    wbtv.com local outlet

North Carolina, year by year

Nearby places with records

23 miles away Charlotte: 4 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
25 miles away Mecklenburg County: 4 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
37 miles away, South Carolina York County: 1 data center on the record.
79 miles away Forest City: 1 data center on the record.
83 miles away, South Carolina Spartanburg County: 1 data center on the record. A pause is on the record.
83 miles away Rutherford County: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every North Carolina county.

Questions about Union County

Is there a data center near Union County?

No data center in Union County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Historic Charlotte building site data center, about 24 miles from the center of Union County to Charlotte, the seat of Mecklenburg County, reported. The nearest running is Digital Realty Charlotte, about 23 miles from the center of Union County to the center of Charlotte, one of 3 the record places at the same point.

answered from the rows above

Is Union County allowing new data centers?

No county rule about data centers is on the record for Union County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record (Waxhaw): Town of Waxhaw unanimously approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers, reported August 12, 2026.

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Researcher view · Union County, North Carolina · 0 records, 1 rule row · Census GEOID 37179 · basis and source tier on every row · verified August 12, 2026

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